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“The best way to teach is how you live your life.”
“Tomorrow is promised to no one. Prioritize today accordingly.”
“Follow your heart. Then root its longing with the facts.”
“The notion of the perfect time is more than myth. It's the ultimate self-delusion.”
“At times, productivity means doing nothing at all.”
“To commune with your heart and soul, be willing to go out of your mind.”
“One of the best kinds of thrill is defining, honoring, and achieving our goals.”
“Much of our lives consists of a series of choices over which we have absolute control.”
“What we seek when we wander usually leads us back home.”
“Few experiences are more satisfying than becoming someone we always imagined we could be.”
“Let your body move. It will give voice to a language that can heal.”
“It is our beliefs, more than our experiences, that determine life's possibilities.”
“Mistakes help to sharpen your next steps. They don’t prove that you shouldn’t try again.”
“How far are you willing to go to create the life you want?”
“Turn off the radio, TV, DVD, iPod, computer and cell phone. Then, listen.”
“What do you resist examining up close? How can you ground yourself so you feel safe enough to try?”
“Often, the key to getting what we need is simply to let it in.”
“The treasured vistas of our solo journeys are not always about the landscape.”
“If you don’t ask, you don’t get. But if you ask and don’t get, ask again.”
“If we never challenge our shortcomings, we ensure that they remain our Achilles' heel.”
“Trust what feels true even if that truth requires you to ignore what you know.”
“The help we give to others creates the ripple of good feeling we give to ourselves.”
“Who you know only gets you in the door; what you know gets you the keys to the house.”
“Stand up for yourself by not standing yourself up.”
“Risk: no full life occurs without it.”
“If you can’t remember when you last basked in your own glow, it means you’re overdue.”
“Rather than resist rest and gravitate toward constant motion, let’s experiment with letting go.”
“No moment is too small to claim. Strung together, moments fashion a life.”